Re: [Gimp-developer] Is there any way to free Gimp memory and avoid restarting it?

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El 2/2/19 a las 9:58, Ofnuts escribió:
> The fact that the memory isn't marked free doesn't mean it is unusable. 
> Tried in Gimp 2.10 on Ubuntu:
>
> - load 5 20MPx Jpegs: memory is 1.35GB
>
> - close all: memory still at 1.35GB
>
> - load them again: memory is 1.4GB
>
> - close all: memory still at 1.4GB
>
> - load them again: memory is 1.4GB
>
> - close all: memory still at 1.4GB
>
> So the memory seems reused...

I was thinking about your tests and the values seems to be a bit 
strange: I mean, I you load 5 images and Gimp takes 1.35GB Memory, why 
when you close all the images gimp still taking 1.35GB instead of less than?

In the same way, if you load again the same images, why Gimp consumes 
more memory and its memory consumption rises from 1.35 to 1.40... and, 
again, when the images are closed the memory does not get back to a 
lower value.

I think this values can corroborate my theory about Gimp lack of memory 
release I suffer and which is absolutely needed when working in 
professional environments.

Why Gimp does not free the memory?
Any idea?

Thanks!